I would also say that IF blazor worked on a browser plugin like silverlight did, today that's not the case it is built on the webassembly standard which and it is being adopted in the browsers which means once it gets on the web, it is unlikely to ever go out again. Even if Microsoft themselves leave Blazor today, it can still work, the burden of creating a fork and keeping blazor alive will certainly be big but... - Source: dev.to / 6 months ago

Under the Hood: Technically, XR# integrates Three.js, A-Frame.js, and the Microsoft .NET to WASM compiler (like in Blazor). It’s built on our decade-long experience with OpenSilver, a contemporary Silverlight alternative. Source: 9 months ago

Nah, I appreciate the wonderfull work of those WebAssembly people that allowed me to have Java applets, Flash and Silverligh running again in the browser. https://leaningtech.com/cheerpj/ https://leaningtech.com/cheerpx-for-flash/ https://opensilver.net/ Thanks for making the revenge of plugins a reality. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

Now there is a company making Silverlight work on top of WebAssembly. https://opensilver.net/. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

It will definitly be the new common, by killing Flash et all without comparable tooling, while at the same time offering WASM, it was only a matter of time until we had the revenge of plugins. Basically 10 years wasting time to come full circle. https://leaningtech.com/cheerpj https://leaningtech.com/cheerpx-for-flash/ https://opensilver.net/ All of the three major ones are now back, but it is ok, WASM is great! - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

There's a single image file I need to convert from .swf format to something more conventional like .png or .jpg. Having done a bit of searching I came across swftools.org, which unlike all the 'free converters' I found online appears to be open source and not a scam! Source: about 2 years ago